Caught this on Radio4's Today programme driving in this morning (quote from the Beeb)...
"A new online tool, Polifiller.com, is being launched, which will supposedly automatically strip jargon and clichés out of politicians' speeches and statements - to help politicians rid their vocabulary of hackneyed phrases and give the electorate the clarity they deserve. Hamish Thompson, managing director of Houston PR developing the online tool and Robert Hutton is the UK Political Correspondent for Bloomberg News and author of 'Would They Lie To You? How To Spin Friends and Manipulate People'."
Love the idea!!
At work to keep management on their toes we always have a good round of buzzword bingo at the annual comms sessions. Which made me think, there's a ripe opportunity here for a PPT parser that takes in techno/biz-speak babble and either strikes it out or replaces it randomly with something else.... now if I have a spare evening, that might just appeal
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